Closed to 1st break-in. 500mi on V4s

Vbreeze · Jun 27, 2021

2019 though
well the Aprilia is also less fuggly than it used to be so that's good. Still the ugliest of the bunch. The only 1L sport bike uglier is the R1. At least you can say, ya, it's Japanese aesthetic. How can Aprilia be Italian and make such an ugly bike?
I like how they spilled the beans on Ducati secret, "You feel like you're going the fastest." You get in just the right amount of side slide and wheelie but still go fast.
2020-21- they went for faster lap times.

CanyonCarver said:
I’ll really stir the pot. These guys seem to think the Ape is better than the V4S. I can only attest to my Ape being VERY forgiving of my mistakes. Yet I still bought a 1299... Hmmm

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CanyonCarver · Jun 27, 2021

Yeah but does the Panigale V4 drop valves as good as the Ape? Didn’t think so.

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Jolly Roger V4 · Jun 27, 2021

Aprilia has a theme song...Drop them valves like it's hot!!!!

Jolly Roger V4 · Jun 27, 2021

Or drop valves when they're hot. Or drop valves when they are even kinda hot maybe?

Vbreeze · Jun 28, 2021

I wonder what happens when the universe is expanded by the pixel-space of threads like this one.
In a physics-theory 'butterfly effect' kind of way.
Does the increase in density of vapid posts on the interwebs cause a decrease in density somewhere else? An mater / anti-mater law of balance kind of thing.
What I'm asking is, is this thread causing a blackhole somewhere? I'm not that far from CERN. Maybe I'll pop over and ask.

Superquadro 1299 · Jul 3, 2021

bp_SFV4 said:
I guess the Ducati ABS anti rear lift can't overcome physics...I really wanted to see what riding mode he was in at the settings on the right side of the dash. But, I quickly came to the realization that a 20 something twink getting what he asked for made all of it boring AF.

ETA: This near retard describes it as a high side, or kinda..."

Post collision video...

I think I know why Ol mate in the video crashed that gorgeous specimen of a motorcycle. First I reckon he could do with some tuition from the local racers at his nearest track, but thats obvious.
Second. I was on my way to a ride yesterday to meet up with some mates. I was heading down one of our back roads, a straightish road with a tight right hand bend at the end. So there I was firing up through the gears approachng that right hand bend, flicking down throught the gear box while braking I hit neutral between 2 and 1. Now normaly when this happens I would pull the clutch lever in and select second gear and just go with the flow. However this time around I make a really dumb mistake, drop into first gear and the V4S starts fish tailing while i'm negotiating this tight right hander. So I open up the throttle to settle the bike down and just powered out the corner. Now the traction control light did not blink, but I did not care it was about using the throttle to get out of trouble.

Ol mate in the video, he does the opposite, he hits the brakes hard expecting that to save him, and it didn't.

MaverickiB · Jul 4, 2021

Superquadro 1299 said:
I think I know why Ol mate in the video crashed that gorgeous specimen of a motorcycle. First I reckon he could do with some tuition from the local racers at his nearest track, but thats obvious.
Second. I was on my way to a ride yesterday to meet up with some mates. I was heading down one of our back roads, a straightish road with a tight right hand bend at the end. So there I was firing up through the gears approachng that right hand bend, flicking down throught the gear box while braking I hit neutral between 2 and 1. Now normaly when this happens I would pull the clutch lever in and select second gear and just go with the flow. However this time around I make a really dumb mistake, drop into first gear and the V4S starts fish tailing while i'm negotiating this tight right hander. So I open up the throttle to settle the bike down and just powered out the corner. Now the traction control light did not blink, but I did not care it was about using the throttle to get out of trouble.

Ol mate in the video, he does the opposite, he hits the brakes hard expecting that to save him, and it didn't.

I've had that happen on track, but it's fairly clear that's not what happened to him because of the sound. When you hit neutral by accident, revs die off, then when you jam it into a lower gear they quickly climb as motor tries to match the wheel speed. In his instance, by going off sound it's pretty obvious that's not what happened.

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